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Microsoft released their final candidate aka. Build 15063 for the Windows 10 Creators Update Version 1703 a few days ago. Since they are rolling it out in waves not everyone will be getting it right from the start.

If the Creators Update does not show up in your Windows Update window you can also download Microsofts Upgrade Assistant and start the update manually.

Or if you don’t have Windows 10 installed yet or need upgrade the files offline you can also download the current Media Creation Tool which then dowloads the current Windows 10 ISO for you.

The last time I played around with a website tried to configure HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) and somehow I managed to lock myself out of it giving me an SSL error. In my case using Chromium I got “Privacy error: Your connection is not private” (NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID). But accessing the website from another browser or my mobile phone worked like a charm so it made me suspicious. Since configuring the HSTS setting on my webserver gave me a clue that the HSTS settings are also being saved on client side I started to dig into my webbrowser settings until I found out following:Read More »

As you may all well know Microsoft ended its free Windows 10 upgrade program on 07/29/16. But it seems this is not the end of story yet. There are still some ways you could upgrade your Windows installation for free.Read More »